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Radiative collisional heating at the Doppler limit for laser-cooled magnesium atoms
We report Monte Carlo wave function simulation results on cold collisions
between magnesium atoms in a strong red-detuned laser field. This is the normal
situation e.g. in magneto-optical traps (MOT). The Doppler limit heating rate
due to radiative collisions is calculated for Mg-24 atoms in a magneto-optical
trap based on the singlet S_0 - singlet P_1 atomic laser cooling transition. We
find that radiative heating does not seem to affect the Doppler limit in this
case. We also describe a channelling mechanism due to the missing Q branch in
the excitation scheme, which could lead to a suppression of inelastic
collisions, and find that this mechanism is not present in our simulation
results due to the multistate character of the excitation process.Comment: 4 pages, RevTeX 4; v2 contains minor revisions based on referee
comments (5 pages
Inert states of spin-S systems
We present a simple but efficient geometrical method for determining the
inert states of spin-S systems. It can be used if the system is described by a
spin vector of a spin-S particle and its energy is invariant in spin rotations
and phase changes. Our method is applicable to an arbitrary S and it is based
on the representation of a pure spin state of a spin-S particle in terms of 2S
points on the surface of a sphere. We use this method to find candidates for
some of the ground states of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, minor changes, references added, typos correcte
Intraoperative hemodynamic evaluation of the radial and ulnar arteries during free radial forearm flap procedure.
Center of mass rotation and vortices in an attractive Bose gas
The rotational properties of an attractively interacting Bose gas are studied
using analytical and numerical methods. We study perturbatively the ground
state phase space for weak interactions, and find that in an anharmonic trap
the rotational ground states are vortex or center of mass rotational states;
the crossover line separating these two phases is calculated. We further show
that the Gross-Pitaevskii equation is a valid description of such a gas in the
rotating frame and calculate numerically the phase space structure using this
equation. It is found that the transition between vortex and center of mass
rotation is gradual; furthermore the perturbative approach is valid only in an
exceedingly small portion of phase space. We also present an intuitive picture
of the physics involved in terms of correlated successive measurements for the
center of mass state.Comment: version2, 17 pages, 5 figures (3 eps and 2 jpg
Atomic dynamics in evaporative cooling of trapped alkali atoms in strong magnetic fields
We investigate how the nonlinearity of the Zeeman shift for strong magnetic
fields affects the dynamics of rf field induced evaporative cooling in magnetic
traps. We demonstrate for the 87-Rb and 23-Na F=2 trapping states with wave
packet simulations how the cooling stops when the rf field frequency goes below
a certain limit (for the 85-Rb F=2 trapping state the problem does not appear).
We examine the applicability of semiclassical models for the strong field case
as an extension of our previous work [Phys. Rev. A 58, 3983 (1998)]. Our
results verify many of the aspects observed in a recent Rb experiment
[Phys. Rev. A 60, R1759 (1999)].Comment: 9 pages, RevTex, eps figures embedde
Strategic Utilization of the VR and AR Technologies for the African Cultural Heritage Promotion and Management
The importance and purpose of heritage preservation have been extensively discussed in tourism research and has also been linked with regional and national development strategies. Because of time degradation, human activities, and the overcrowding effect, heritage preservation and reconstruction efforts are becoming critical to ensure the sustainability of heritage sites and disseminate the history and the potential of a region or a country. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) offer useful applications in heritage preservation. This study aims to explore the potential of these interactive technologies to be applied in heritage preservation in Africa, introduce strategies and applications developed Egypt and Tunis but also from Oman, and Finland, and highlight their impact in regional and national socio-economic development. As members of the Time Machine Europe this paper analyzes previous experiences in global scale and aim is to contribute in large-scale digitalization projects in Europe but also world-wide
Temporal Interferometry: A Mechanism for Controlling Qubit Transitions During Twisted Rapid Passage with Possible Application to Quantum Computing
In an adiabatic rapid passage experiment, the Bloch vector of a two-level
system (qubit) is inverted by slowly inverting an external field to which it is
coupled, and along which it is initially aligned. In twisted rapid passage, the
external field is allowed to twist around its initial direction with azimuthal
angle at the same time that it is inverted. For polynomial twist:
. We show that for , multiple avoided crossings
can occur during the inversion of the external field, and that these crossings
give rise to strong interference effects in the qubit transition probability.
The transition probability is found to be a function of the twist strength ,
which can be used to control the time-separation of the avoided crossings, and
hence the character of the interference. Constructive and destructive
interference are possible. The interference effects are a consequence of the
temporal phase coherence of the wavefunction. The ability to vary this
coherence by varying the temporal separation of the avoided crossings renders
twisted rapid passage with adjustable twist strength into a temporal
interferometer through which qubit transitions can be greatly enhanced or
suppressed. Possible application of this interference mechanism to construction
of fast fault-tolerant quantum CNOT and NOT gates is discussed.Comment: 29 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Exact Soliton-like Solutions of the Radial Gross-Pitaevskii Equation
We construct exact ring soliton-like solutions of the cylindrically symmetric
(i.e., radial) Gross- Pitaevskii equation with a potential, using the
similarity transformation method. Depending on the choice of the allowed free
functions, the solutions can take the form of stationary dark or bright rings
whose time dependence is in the phase dynamics only, or oscillating and
bouncing solutions, related to the second Painlev\'e transcendent. In each case
the potential can be chosen to be time-independent.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. Version 2: stability analysis of the dark
solutio
Quantum and Semiclassical Calculations of Cold Atom Collisions in Light Fields
We derive and apply an optical Bloch equation (OBE) model for describing
collisions of ground and excited laser cooled alkali atoms in the presence of
near-resonant light. Typically these collisions lead to loss of atoms from
traps. We compare the results obtained with a quantum mechanical complex
potential treatment, semiclassical Landau-Zener models with decay, and a
quantum time-dependent Monte-Carlo wave packet (MCWP) calculation. We formulate
the OBE method in both adiabatic and diabatic representations. We calculate the
laser intensity dependence of collision probabilities and find that the
adiabatic OBE results agree quantitatively with those of the MCWP calculation,
and qualitatively with the semiclassical Landau-Zener model with delayed decay,
but that the complex potential method or the traditional Landau-Zener model
fail in the saturation limit.Comment: 21 pages, RevTex, 7 eps figures embedded using psfig, see also
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